since you, Lord of Armies, God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant when you said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore, your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you.
1 Samuel 9:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now the day before Saul’s arrival, the Lord had informed Samuel, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now a day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel in his ear, American Standard Version (1901) Now Jehovah had revealed unto Samuel a day before Saul came, saying, Common English Bible Now the day before Saul came, the LORD had revealed the following to Samuel: Catholic Public Domain Version Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of Samuel, one day before Saul had arrived, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of Samuel the day before Saul came, saying: |
since you, Lord of Armies, God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant when you said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore, your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you.
Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.
Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Samuel told Saul, ‘The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now, listen to the words of the Lord.
Jonathan said to him, ‘No, you won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This can’t be true.’
The Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, because there he revealed himself to Samuel by his word.
So they went up towards the city. Saul and his servant were entering the city when they saw Samuel coming towards them on his way to the high place.
When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, ‘Here is the man I told you about; he will govern my people.’